Variety Children’s Charity of the Desert gave out bikes and helmets to 400 deserving local 4th-grade students. It’s a part of the 26th annual Variety Children’s Charity of the Desert bike giveaway. It was a drive-thru event at Palm Springs Motors to keep it COVID-19 safe. Elementary students from low-income families were nominated by their
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A newspaper is reporting that a rapper was stabbed at a Los Angeles music festival, prompting organizers to end the festival early. The Los Angeles Times says Drakeo the Ruler was assaulted at the Once Upon a Time in LA concert Saturday night. The paper cited a person with direct knowledge
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), is proposing major changes to the state’s Self-Generation Incentive Program for rooftop solar. Both customers who have invested to generate solar power a home, and advocates are taking a stand against regulators’ plan. CPUC said in a press release on December 13, the proposal is part of “ongoing actions to
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Lights, airplanes and of course, Old Saint Nick at this year’s Santa’s Miracle on the Tarmac! On Saturday, people made their way to the Palm Springs Air Museum for its socially distanced candy cane lane drive-thru experience. You can journey through time, and see more than 70 vintage aircrafts and holiday lights, all while in
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The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is getting a head start on Santa Claus at their giveaway about 10,000 toys to nearly 5,000 valley kids. It was all a part of their Annual Toy Giveaway at the CVRM center. “It’s all about putting smiles on kids’ faces today. That’s what it’s all about,” said CVRM development
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Seniors at Legend Gardens Assisted Living are being forced out of their homes after the owner suddenly abandoned the center. “Because there was no one to do financial means…they had to shut us down,” explained Carrie MacDonald, Community Relations Director, Legend Gardens Assisted Living. MacDonald says the owner/CEO essentially disappeared. He has been unreachable. And
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Palm Springs Mayor Lisa Middleton is responding to College of the Desert’s needs assessment conducted for the school’s long-planned West Valley Campus in Palm Springs. The plan has been in the works for more than a decade. The campus would be built at the location of the former Palm Springs Mall near the intersection of
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Coachella Valley civil attorney Walter Clark says he is investigating all aspects of possible negligence in last week’s deadly crash. 9-year-old Monique Guzman was killed after being struck by a car near Desert Hot Springs. Three other kids were hit by the car leaving them injured including Monique’s 5-year-old brother, Julio, who is currently hospitalized
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a decision by a federal judge in a separate court that had paused
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UPDATE: The child was found and reunited with his parents, police confirmed. The Palm Springs Police Department has put a call out to the community to get information on the whereabouts of a young child seen walking alone. Police said a black male child, approximately four years old, wearing a green shirt and blue pants
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There is a major back-up on the westbound side of Interstate 10, particularly between Bob Hope and Monterey due to at least two crashes. A three-vehicle crash east of the Bob Hope exit caused several lanes to shut down. CHP reports there were no injuries in the crash. Clean-up continues. There was no word on
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JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio donated toys collected for the Galilee Center, a non-profit that fulfills the food, clothing, and basic needs of local disadvantaged children, families, and farmworkers in the east valley. JFK employees have been collecting toys for the drive. The toys were packed into a truck that will be delivered to the
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A Riverside man was arrested on accusations that he sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl that lead to the deadly overdose of a college student who was visiting her family for the holidays two years ago, the Department of Justice announced. Brandon Michael McDowell, 22, was arrested and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday afternoon
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Consumer prices are climbing, which is putting a hole through some people’s wallets as they try to make ends meet during the pandemic. For business owners like Richard Thomas, co-owner of L&G Desert Store in Indio the price of nearly everything is up. From grocery products, produce, and propane tanks, Thomas is seeing inflation take
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Police have released new details about an accidental shooting that took place inside a Cathedral City home on Wednesday. Authorities say the father involved had just purchased a new gun and believed it was empty. “Apparently he was messing around with the gun, fiddling with it…and unbeknownst to him it was a loaded gun,” said
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Indio Police Chief Mike Washburn is stepping up his defense against multiple allegations coming from people and unions in his department. Washburn says he’s not planning on leaving as he faces new allegations from Indio Police Command Unit President Lt. Chris Hamilton. Hamilton, in a News Channel 3 exclusive interview, revealed that Riverside County District
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The Betty Ford Center announced Thursday morning that Tessa Voss will head the organization as the fourth administrator and first woman to lead the Rancho Mirage institution co-founded by former First Lady Betty Ford. Tessa Voss Photo Courtesy of Betty Ford Center Voss, who takes the helm on Monday, December 20, also will serve as vice president
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Dana Reed is the new mayor of the city of Indian Wells. Reed was sworn in during Thursday’s city council meeting. He takes over for Richard Balocco, who received a plaque commemorating his time as mayor. Every December, the city council elects a mayor from its membership to serve as its presiding officer for a
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A family in Perris has been accused of physically and psychologically abusing several foster children, including some of the Turpin siblings, CBS and ABC News report. Marcelino, Lennys, and Rosa Olguin were arrested on Nov. 3 and charged with a combined 17 counts of child cruelty. Marcelino was charged with four counts of lewd acts
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Modernism Week will be adding a golf tournament to its lineup of events in February, organizers announced today. The annual 11-day festival, scheduled for Feb. 17-27, will offer an 18-hole tournament at the Seven Lakes Golf and Country Club on Feb. 27, from 1-4 p.m. The tournament will conclude with an awards ceremony and cocktail
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